Rousseau, Reveries of the Solitary Walker: Ellie Anderson and David Peña-Guzmán
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- Overthink podcast co-hosts and philosophy professors Dr. Ellie Anderson and Dr. David Peña-Guzmán talk about the fifth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Reveries of a Solitary Walker, where Rousseau reflects on happiness.
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David and Ellie, two bright lights meeting in the beauty of a conversation about a book. For me, a slice of heaven.
this chat was a reverie. gracias you two. afterward i looked up lake biel and rousseau’s island, you can streetview his own reverie view at the waterfront for inspiration.
ooh, love this idea!
Great, David really gets a grasp of Rousseau. I loved reading Rousseau.
I appreciate this discussion especially now as we begin our summer. Many thanks!
:) thank you!!
Thanks for this discussion. Found a similar passage about drifting in a row boat in Proust’s Swann’s Way
“As it left this park, the Vivonne flowed freely again. How often did I see, and want to imitate, as soon as I should be at liberty to live as I chose, a rower who, having let go of his oars, had lain flat on his back, his head down, in the bottom of his boat, and allowing it to drift, seeing only the sky gliding slowly above him, bore on his face a foretaste of happiness and peace!”
yes i thought of proust as well!
Thank you Ellie and David for this gift!
Best wishes to you both!
absolutely love your videos ellie and david, thank you for a great discussion 💛
I want to add to the conversation yall had about what Rousseau meant by "serious" when describing his botanical ventures by saying that he might have in mind a notion of intensity when using this word. Maybe that compared to what he was using the books he had locked away for, the analytical tasks required for his plants observation necessitated less mental effort and thus allowed him to more easily reach this state of "flow, making those tasks less "serious" ie taxing, demanding.
Or maybe he meant less fun and enjoyable, which I think you touched upon.
It's nice to see you two physically together.
Roland Barthes reads the passage from the second promenade, which describes the accident that temporarily knocked Rousseau out, just after 7 minutes into his course Le Neutre. (The third of 4 texts introducing the course.) Hearing that actually made me buy the book. Rousseau awakens, looking up at the starlit sky, with a sensation of sublime indifference to his fate, lying there bleeding. It was such a delicious feeling that it gave him a shiver, even in retrospect. This is certainly metaphysical terrain. Barthes had a nice voice, and this recording is particularly clear. Perhaps that's why it affected me so much.
Where can i hear this?
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The right attitude is essential, where you are not so important.
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excellent discussion! i wonder whether there's a distinction to be drawn here between relaxation on (voluntary) vacation and the sort of relaxation in the (imposed through force) exile that rousseau describes.
it feels like the loss of home and livelihood that Rousseau endures likely played a big part in his sudden change of perspective. also, the sensation of not knowing when this period of exile would end i'm sure "freed" him from the emotions of hope and anxiety in a way that vacationing would not. that's at least what i was thinking while listening to this!
agreed -- it was very different from vacationing. although it clearly turned into an 'idyll.'
Man is born free, but everywhere in chains
...didnt he make that very deep remark on property?! roughly: if someone does put a fence around an area and another one does belief that - it is the latter one to blame...
how are reading your notes and listening to the other person and responding to them and thinking about your next point all at once ahaha
years of practice ;)
“He was stoned”
Idk sounds pretty optimal to me
a solitary being as many think is the reason for récurrence. but it's not true because the solitary is good for mediatation.
Read Lacan
...we have (and sometimes discuss him on the podcast)
Oars. Rowers refer to them as oars :) sorry I am a water person.
hehehe thank you, not our strong suit :)
Oars haha
Thank you for the video.🌱
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Rumination; what is the problem you have with it?
I understand the topic of this video because I found it in Jesus Christ. 1st Corinthians chapter 15 verses 1 - 4 for anyone interested.